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Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) Order to leave William Smith's papers out of the Council Book

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04935 Author/Creator: Peyster, Abraham de (ca. d. 1768) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript Date: 1701/04/14 Pagination: 1p. + docket 35.7 x 23.3 Order a Copy

The document declares material in William Smith's papers to be unjust and insulting, and therefore unfit to be recorded in the Council Book. The document was signed by Abraham de Peyster, Samuel Staats, Robert Walters, and Thomas Weaver. Marked as a copy.

Peyster, Abraham de, ca. d. 1768
Staats, Samuel
Walters, Robert
Weaver, Thomas

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